Great event last night at the 2026 RIBA London Awards, and even better walking away with a regional award for this project by @marydugganarc and RUFFARCHITECTS.
Lion Green Road is a landscape-led housing scheme in Coulsdon, delivering 157 homes across five pavilions on a carefully worked sloping site.
As Susie Le Good, London jury chair, noted: “The plan type of the pavilions has all the apartments arranged in a pin-wheel pattern around a central core, ensuring every home is dual aspect and enjoys generous daylight.”
Congratulations to the whole project team.
Photography: @robparrishphoto
We’ll be at @ukreiif this year, with our director Paul joining the event in Leeds for a week of discussion, collaboration, and industry insight.
If you’re attending and would like to arrange a meeting or informal catch-up, feel free to get in touch via [email protected] - we’d love to connect.
We’re delighted to share that Guildford Plaza has won Best Residential Design at the RESI Awards!
A huge thank you to our clients, collaborators and wider consultant team, and congratulations to all of this year’s shortlisted projects and winners.
Looking forward to this evening’s RESI Awards.
We’re proud to be shortlisted for Professional Services Team of the Year – Residential, alongside recognition for Guildford Plaza in Best Residential Design (Over 300 Homes).
It’s great to see both our wider practice and project work acknowledged, from delivering large-scale residential schemes across multiple sectors to creating places like Guildford Plaza that balance design quality, sustainability and social value.
Looking forward to celebrating with peers across the industry tonight!
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We’re hiring a Part 2 Architectural Assistant!
We’re looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Part 2 to join our team. You’ll gain hands-on experience across all RIBA stages, supporting the development of projects through technical design and into construction.
Working closely with our architects, consultants, and site teams, you’ll be part of a collaborative studio where learning, responsibility, and good design go hand in hand.
If you’re proactive, technically curious, and keen to build on your professional experience within a supportive environment, we’d love to hear from you.
Please send your CV, portfolio, and a short cover letter outlining your experience and interest in the role to: [email protected]
More details via the link in our bio.
We’re pleased to share the completion of New Road Triangle, delivering 176 new homes in Hounslow, which also features in the @architectsjournal !
Transforming a former Network Rail site, the scheme creates a new gateway to the town centre while activating the Longford River and strengthening connections to Glebelands Park.
Our detailed design and delivery focused on balancing a regular façade with a diverse mix of apartment layouts, resolving complex fabric and services challenges through close collaboration with @cfieldconstruction_ and the wider team.
The project delivers 124 social rent homes for local people through Hounslow Council, alongside strong sustainability and energy performance outcomes.
A great collaboration with @ewl.living and Lampton Development 360.
Photography: @robparrishphoto
RUFFARCHITECTS is pleased to be working once again with Buckinghamshire New University on a feasibility study exploring the potential transformation of an existing civic building into a contemporary higher-education environment.
The study considers how the six-storey structure, organised around a central atrium, could be reconfigured to support a range of flexible teaching and learning spaces. Early proposals explore opportunities for adaptable classrooms, immersive learning environments, and specialist training facilities, while making the most of the building’s generous floorplates and natural daylight.
The work highlights the potential of the existing structure to accommodate a future-focused learning environment through careful refurbishment and adaptive reuse, and we look forward to continuing the conversation with BNU as the project progresses.
RUFFARCHITECTS has been shortlisted for Professional Services Team of the Year - Residential, at the @propertyweek Resi Awards.
As a London and South-west based RIBA Chartered Practice, we deliver high-quality residential architecture grounded in collaboration, commercial clarity and environmental responsibility. Over the past year, we’ve progressed more than 1,400 homes across planning and construction, spanning Social Housing, Co-Living and PBSA, while maintaining nearly 80% repeat commissions from existing Clients.
Our work begins with first principles. We design genuinely affordable homes that exceed policy requirements, embrace modular and volumetric construction to improve certainty and quality, and guide Clients through complex planning, sustainability and viability challenges with confidence. From retrofit strategies to HRBs, our advice supports informed, long-term commercial and operational decisions.
Thank you to our Clients and collaborators for being part of the journey, and we look forward to the awards ceremony.
Snapshots from our recent site visit at Beresford Street, Phase 1 is reaching practical completion with 301 units across 13 levels. Phase 2 is taking shape fast: the concrete frame is finished, brickwork is underway, and windows are going in.
Set within the heart of Woolwich, the scheme delivers 9,537 sqm of cluster and studio accommodation alongside thoughtfully designed amenity spaces, all contributing to student well-being and community connection. The scheme carefully balances contemporary design with the sensitive heritage context, from chamfered brick detailing to a considered material palette, ensuring the building complements its surroundings while enhancing the townscape.
Delighted to share that Guildford Plaza has been shortlisted for Best Residential Design (Over 300 Homes) at Property Week’s RESI Awards 2026.
Delivered on a long-vacant brownfield site in Guildford town centre, the 301-home co-living development transforms a constrained plot into a vibrant, community-focused place. Four articulated perimeter blocks frame a landscaped courtyard, resolving a 6.5m level change while maintaining step-free access throughout.
The scheme combines private and cluster studios with generous shared amenities, supporting a growing community of young professionals. Sixty-seven homes are provided at 80% of market rent, alongside wheelchair-adaptable units.
Drawing on the site’s industrial heritage through a layered brick palette and green detailing, Guildford Plaza also achieves BREEAM Excellent and Fitwel Two-Star ratings.
Proud to see the project recognised for uniting architectural quality, sustainability and social value in the heart of Guildford.
Photography: @robparrishphoto
Paul Ruff will be attending MIPIM this year as part of the London Stand!
If you’re in Cannes and fancy a coffee, a quick catch-up, or a conversation about what you’re working on, he’d love to connect, drop us an email at [email protected].
